I don't venture over into this forum much, but thought y'all would like to see a lovely quilt.
This was at the Paducah Quilt Show here in Kentucky and I thought of all y'all. It actually didn't win anything, but I thought it was gorgeous. The title says it's about the flowers of Hawaii.
I'm going to post the rest of the pictures I took over in 'photos', but figured you'd rather have this one over here.
Enjoy!
Oh WOW! It looks like stained glass!
That's amazing.
Thats what I thought Sue, stained glass!
This is so pretty thanks for sharing the photo:)
The quilt is from Japan by a group of friends...and yes, the technique is 'stained glass'.
The Asian quilts are so beautiful, they have such a wonderful eye for color and design. I can usually pick them out, they are so distinctive.
That is really something. Thanks for sharing.
Wow Mel, that is beautiful. I wouldn't mind having that hanging on my wall. Thanks for sharing. I'm heading to Photos right now.
Whew,Beautiful Melody,thanks for sharing!
Just beautiful! What a lot of work went into making it !
Melody, I love quilts & Brugs! This is beautiful! Thanks for the picture.
Oh wow! I also thought stained glass. So much detail. Just beautiful.
Very beautiful. I'd love to have it. LOL
I thought it was Stain Glass. It is a real knockout beauty.
Wow what is so beauty!
Thanks for sharing Mel, it sure is beautiful.
I really enjoyed seeing this. Thanks for thinking of us! I thought it was stained glass also!
Wow that is so beautiful
It looks like stained glass! It is so beautiful!!!
Gorgeous!
Mel that's beautiful. Thanks for sharing. I knew you and your mom never miss the quilt show.
that is really stunning!
This is beautiful!! Is it done in silk?
Bonnie
I'm in trouble. DW likes quilts and stained glass. I see a web search in her future. Know who made it?
I'll bet something like this would cost an arm and a leg.
It's 100% cotton. most quilters prefer that. there are a few silk quilts, but they have a very unique sheen to them that can be spotted very quickly.
This quilt didn't win any prize at the show, but it was honored by being displayed...over 400 quilts were displayed.
The Grand Prize winner got 20,000.00 and the other best in categories got close to that.
I've got all of the info over in the Photo forum where I'm giving a virtual tour of the show. click over and enjoy some of the other quilts....I think you'll like them too.
Well worth your trip to the Photo forum. All of them are great and definitely works of art. Thanks for the tour.
I see a tag there on the right, does it say $836.00? Considering all the work that went into it, seems like a fair price.
Shelly, that is probably an ID number or entry number. I doubt these people are very interested in selling these beauties. My bet is that even if they do sell them $836 wouldn't cover it. LOL! They are just so beautiful.
Quilting is such a gift when you can create something so beautiful like that. Think of the time and creativity that goes into making a piece of art like that. My grandmother quilts, but unfortunately, I didn't inherit it. But then, if I was doing something like that, I wouldn't have time for my main hobby, gardening.
lol ok Brugie... Ive never been to anything like that. Makes complete sense tho. Thanks
The number is an I.D.
There is a book published to go with your admission fee. That way you can have the info on each quilt.
That's the only way I can give you the info on the quilts over in Photos....I have to look the numbers up to find out about them.The top awards are from 20,000.00 down to 5,000.00
They are 'purchase awards' The American Quilter's Society awards the money, but gets to keep the quilt for the Museum. You can turn down the prize money and keep your quilt though...and several do. The ivory quilt in the 'winners' section at the top of the thread was just that way. My mom and I spoke to the artist and she is keeping her quilt....turning down 12,000.00
Some quilts can be valued at much more than the award. If the quilt is used for a magazine cover or even a music CD cover, the owner gets paid...and the sum over the years can really get impressive.
The other cash awards run from 3,000.00 down to 200.00 and they are just cash awards and the owner keeps the prize and the quilt.
Thanks Melody! Gosh, theres so much Im learning! I keep looking back at the quilt, and notice more.
"Fair" in my prior post was not the correct wording lol. "affordable to me" would have been better.
